NECA goes...Mego?!

[Bob_Porrazzo]

The people at NECA at this year's Comic-Con have come up with some new Mego-like cloth figures. These consist of...

3 Batman (including 1966)

2 Superman (including one supposedly looking like Christopher Reeve)

The Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman which is available now (meow!) along with the Michael Keaton Batman and Danny DeVito Penguin

And a Green Lantern where you can switch between Hal Jordan or John Stewart...or maybe a choice of between Misters Jordan and Stewart.

Many come with little accessories like the Battery of Power and a power ring effect on the GL or a Batarang and communicator in the Adam West figure.

Some of the figures announced save the Keaton/Pfeiffer/DeVito trio are prototypes and not final results.

Some pictures can be found at Toyark.

[KingKickass1983]

I have the Keaton Batman...looks pretty good. I REALLY want that Reeve Superman!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I hate to be a Negative Nancy, but I don't like the looks of most of these. NECA is just reusing sculpts from previous releases and enlarging them. The comic Superman, Batman and Green Lanterns were created for 7" two packs with the heroes vs. Aliens and Predators. The sculpting on those all plastic figures were hyper-stylized and overly muscular, kind of like modern Total Justice figures. The big jutting jaws don't seem to jibe with the smooth cloth Mego aesthetic. Adam West and Christopher Reeve are reuses from the 7" and 18" figures NECA initially released nearly a decade ago. The West cowl is way too loose around his neck, and the Reeve sculpt looks very bland and outdated compared to a more modern offerings.

I should be really excited for these, but there's just something off about each of them that makes me pause. Maybe the final figures will work better.

[Frenchy99]

Neca is in every Wallmart store. They grabbed the 8 inch line.

Seems like lots of Co`s want that 8 inch cloth line. Very cut throat business.

[BudgetMego]

I agree with E2 Chris. Some look good..as models. To me the charm of Mego was that they looked good, but also looked like toys. I know we all buy now for display, but that nostalgic hook is that Megos were the toys of our youth. These new figures look like Bowen Design statues, which breaks the spell for me. Probably cost as much as three Megos too. Here's to customization.

[Z-man 307]

Yes, these are not toys; these are statues. I like to play with my toys!

[wise guy]

I have a couple of the cloth retro Neca 8" figures and there basically an 8" action figure with cloth covering. . I had a 8" Neca Snake Pilskin that broke and had glue stains on it right out of package . I returned it to BBTS for refund. Beast Kingdom 8" DC action figures of 89 Batman , Catwoman , Superman , Batman (blue/grey) are also at Walmart right next to Neca

[sprytel]

While I agree with the sentiment here, it is still nice to see 8" figures being produced at all.

[Dannyc]

I preordered the West and Reeve. Way back when Neca released these as 7 inch figures, I was actually hoping they would make those 2 in their mego style line as well...but without the blatant reuse.

[wise guy]

Neca Blue grey 8" Batman animated figure is a San Diego con exclusive and is really nice. After looking over several videos on Neca at SDCC
I pre ordered Green Lantern and Comic Superman . These are a bit pricey and there is a tariff warning that price could change (BBTS)
I was very impressed wIth these 2 and will see if they live up to it. Sinestro seems to be an EE exclusive.

[Dan2Dan]

I really, really like the NECA figures I own. I've never personally had any issues with stiff joints or breakage. With NECA, the articulation suffers for the sculpt, but I think 'everyone' is aware of that when they buy NECA. Their line of Mirage TMNT and Last Ronin, and Hammer Dracula and Van Helsing, and their Universal Monsters (most notably the sarcophagus for the Mummy) are all, in my personal opinion, absolutely great for what they are.

I'm not personally pre-sold on these new DC figures. They all look good to me, except one. But I feel like I already have a very sizeable collection of Mego DC figures from recent years. So if I buy any, I'll likely wait for characters I don't already have in Mego form....

[Dannyc]

Neca Blue grey 8" Batman animated figure is a San Diego con exclusive and is really nice. After looking over several videos on Neca at SDCC
I pre ordered Green Lantern and Comic Superman . These are a bit pricey and there is a tariff warning that price could change (BBTS)
I was very impressed wIth these 2 and will see if they live up to it. Sinestro seems to be an EE exclusive.

I don't get the hate for the Green Lantern figure ive been seeing online. I think they pulled off the reuse fine here(might preorder that one too). But I do think the Batman they did as the con exclusive is a huge fail...the head and body are too stylistically different.

[Frenchy99]

I agree with previous sentiments that it is nice to get 8 inch figures . Give me more Disney sets.

[wise guy]

Superman and Green Lantern are priced at $ 44.99 ea. at BBTS and even less at Entertainment Earth so I don't know about $ 130.00 ? 2 figures for $90.00 is what I am looking at and that's
well beyond what I like to pay ( possible tariff price change but BBTS will let me cancel if it goes over price)

[Dan2Dan]

Superman and Green Lantern are priced at $ 44.99 ea. at BBTS and even less at Entertainment Earth so I don't know about $ 130.00 ? 2 figures for $90.00 is what I am looking at and that's
well beyond what I like to pay ( possible tariff price change but BBTS will let me cancel if it goes over price)

This caused me to check the NECA store again just now, and you're totally correct: now most of the figures are not sold out and are listed at $37.99 each. And the layout of the storefront is now altered very slightly, but distinctly. Not at all sure what happened....